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(No Model.)

R. B. HARPER;

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 302,129. Patented July 15, 1884.

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inaft'er described and claimed.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD ELLIOTT HARPER, OF BUTLER, MISSOURI.

WA'SH lNG-MACH i NVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,129, dated Jul 15,,1884. I Application filed .luly3l,183. No model.) i

To aZZ whom it'may concern: 1

Be it known that I, RICHARD ELLIOTT HARP- ER, of Butler, in the county of Bates and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to cloth'es-pounders; and it consists of the novel construction here- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved pounder or'washingmachine; and Figs. 2, 3, and etare detail views.

A indicates a chair-like frame having seat B and backs G D. On the seat is supported a tub-carrier, E, consisting of a disk about equal in size to the bottom of a tub, F, which rests thereon. This carrieris connected to a vertical shaft, G, which is supported in the seat 13, and a cross-piece, B, resting on the crossbars of the frame. The shaft G is provided with a ratchet, H, for rotating the carrier, as hereinafter described. The tub F is open at the top, and in it is'arranged a pounder, I,

having a stem, J, pivoted to a lever, K, which of thepounder. The pounder is wedge-shaped,

with aseries of cavities, M, formed in its base.

The lever K'is fulcrumed in the back 0 by means of the rock-shaft N, to which the lever is connected by a pin, 0. The bearings of the shaft N may be set higher or lower'on the back 0, according to the height the handle of the lever is desired to have.

The back D is designed to support the wri n ger provide a pawl and ratchet for rotating a tub,

and to operate them by connections with the lever carrying the pounder, and I do not claim sucha construction, broadly. In my invention the construction is such that the tub shall.

be rotated only when the pounder is lifted out of contact withrthe clothes, in order not to tear the clothes, and by connecting the lever by a strap or cord with a rock-shaft carrying the pawl by which the ratchet is rotated a very simple and easily-operated device is produced. What claim is I The combination,with the tub-carrier having the ratchet, of the lever carrying a pounder,

the rock-shaft having a pawl for operating the ratchet, the retaining-sp ring for the rock-sh aft,

and the cord connecting the lever to an arm on the rock-shaft, substantially'as shown and described. f

RICHARD ELLIOTT HARPER. Witnesses: I I

WM. F. HANKS,

J. D. ALLEN. 

